Boy Scouts of America

A Boy Scout salutes the American flag at camp Maple Dell in 2015 outside Payson, Utah.

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Boy Scouts' insurer agrees to contribute $800 million to sexual abuse victims' fund

12:24pm December 14, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Chubb Ltd.'s Century Indemnity Company said it would contribute to the fund to settle more than 82,000 claims as part of a bankruptcy reorganization ordered in August.

The Boy Scouts of America has reached a settlement with scores of men who say they were abused while they were in scouting. The deal has been presented to a federal court hearing the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy case.

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Boy Scouts Of America Reaches Historic Settlement With Sexual Abuse Survivors

10:06pm July 01, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

"This initial settlement of $850 million is the largest settlement of sexual abuse claims in United States history," Ken Rothweiler, who represents more than 16,000 men in the settlement said.

Scarlett Helmecki joined an all-girls Scouts BSA troop in Delaware two years ago and recently became an Eagle Scout.

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'I Earned This': One Girl's Journey To Becoming An Eagle Scout

1:00pm March 30, 2021

by Sophia Schmidt

Scarlett Helmecki, the first girl in Delaware to achieve the rank, accepted the Eagle Scout challenge two years after joining an all-girl BSA troop.

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Boy Scouts Of America Sexual Abuse Victims Seek Justice In Bankruptcy Court

10:04pm November 13, 2020

by Wade Goodwyn

The organization ignored decades of sex abuse allegations, but it could now pay the price. More than 60,000 men say they were abused as scouts, ahead of Monday's deadline to file a claim.

Faced with hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy.

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Boy Scouts Of America Files For Bankruptcy As It Faces Hundreds Of Sex-Abuse Claims

10:47am February 18, 2020

The Boy Scouts of America has $1.4 billion in assets. The organization says it will use the Chapter 11 process to create a trust to provide compensation for victims.

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A Boy Scout wears an Eagle Scot neckerchief during the annual Boy Scouts Parade and Report to State in the House Chambers at the Texas State Capitol, February 2013, in Austin, Texas.

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The Boy Scouts Of America Will Increase Their Membership Fees By More Than 80%

8:18pm October 31, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The group cites rising insurance costs. The reaction from adult volunteer leaders ranged from annoyance to skepticism, mainly about the timing of the announcement.

Boy Scouts at Los Angeles National Cemetery prepare a U.S. flag beside the graves of war veterans on May 25, during the annual flag placement ceremony for Memorial Day to honor the fallen.

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New Lawsuit Reveals More Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Boy Scouts Of America

3:26pm August 07, 2019

A lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania this week could be the first in a wave of new sexual assault allegations against the Boy Scouts of America.

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A poster at the entrance of the Laurel Highlands Council headquarters in Pittsburgh shows a young girl in a Cub Scouts uniform. The program for younger kids can include co-ed troops, but older kids will have single-sex troops.

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Welcoming Girls, Boy Scouts Program Is Now Scouts BSA

12:31pm February 01, 2019

by Katie Blackley

Younger girls have been able to join Cub Scouts for nearly a year, and more than 77,000 joined. Now, older girls 11-17 have a path to earn the organization's highest rank.

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Boy Scout Charlie Underdown of Seattle says that welcoming girls into the group fits with the Scout Law, which says to be "trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent."

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This Boy Scout Welcomes Girls To His Troop

6:16am October 14, 2017

by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

The Boy Scouts of America announced that starting next year, it will welcome girls into some of its programs. At least one Scout believes that welcoming girls is friendly, courteous and kind.

The Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday that it will begin welcoming girls into its programs "after years of receiving requests from families and girls."

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In Major Shift, Boy Scouts Says It Will Begin Allowing Girls To Join

4:11pm October 11, 2017

by Amy Held

The Boy Scouts of America says that girls can join its Cub Scout program beginning next year and that it hopes to have a program in place for older girls in 2019.